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Carbon leads the way in clean energy
Mar 25, 2016 (SPX)
Groundbreaking research at Griffith University is leading the way in clean energy, with the use of carbon as a way to deliver energy using hydrogen. Professor X...
Capturing 'black gold' with light
Mar 23, 2016 (SPX)
New Monash University research published this week in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Nanoscale has found a simple and effective way of capturing graphen...
Wrinkles and crumples make graphene better
Mar 23, 2016 (SPX)
Crumple a piece of paper and it's probably destined for the trash can, but new research shows that repeatedly crumpling sheets of the nanomaterial graphene can ...
Rare oval diamond expected to fetch $35 mn in Hong Kong sale
Mar 11, 2016 (AFP)
A 10.10 carat vivid blue diamond is expected to set the record for the most expensive piece of jewellery sold at auction in Asia despite an ongoing growth slowd...
The secret to 3-D graphene? Just freeze it
Mar 10, 2016 (SPX)
Graphene is a wonder material saddled with great expectations. Discovered in 2004, it is 1 million times thinner than a human hair, 300 times stronger than stee...
Record leap in carbon dioxide seen in 2015
Mar 10, 2016 (AFP)
The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased at a record pace last year, US government scientists reported, raising new concern about one of the top ...
Electricity can flow through graphene at high frequencies without energy loss
Mar 10, 2016 (SPX)
Electrical signals transmitted at high frequencies lose none of their energy when passed through the 'wonder material' graphene, a study led by Plymouth Univers...
Carbon nanotubes improve metal's longevity under radiation
Mar 10, 2016 (SPX)
One of the main reasons for limiting the operating lifetimes of nuclear reactors is that metals exposed to the strong radiation environment near the reactor cor...
Molecular-level relationships key to deciphering ocean carbon
Mar 08, 2016 (SPX)
From beach shallows to the ocean depths, vast numbers of chemical compounds work together to reduce and store atmospheric carbon in the world's oceans. In the p...
New research unveils graphene 'moth eyes' to power future smart technologies
Mar 04, 2016 (SPX)
New research published in Science Advances has shown how graphene can be manipulated to create the most light-absorbent material for its weight, to date. This n...
Graphene slides smoothly across gold
Mar 02, 2016 (SPX)
Graphene, a modified form of carbon, offers versatile potential for use in coating machine components and in the field of electronic switches. An international ...
Wonder material sparks rush to develop new electronics
Feb 26, 2016 (AFP)
Bendable mobile phones, quick-charge batteries and unbreakable touch screens -- technology firms are racing to harness the potential of graphene, a wonder mater...
Subsurface carbon dioxide storage: Risks for biogeochemical cycles in the soil
Feb 24, 2016 (SPX)
A high concentration of carbon dioxide gas in the soil can change the community of organisms living in the soil in the long term. At the same time it changes pr...
Urban soils release surprising amounts of carbon dioxide
Feb 24, 2016 (SPX)
In the concrete jungle at the core of a city, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are dominated by the fossil fuels burned by the dense concentrations of cars and bu...
Graphene becomes superconductive - Electrons with 'no mass' flow with 'no resistance'
Feb 22, 2016 (SPX)
Graphene is a single-atomic carbon sheet with a hexagonal honeycomb network (Fig. 1). Electrons in graphene take a special electronic state called Dirac-cone wh...
Assessing carbon capture technology
Feb 18, 2016 (SPX)
Carbon capture and storage could be used to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and thus ameliorate their impact on climate change. The focus of this technology i...
Graphene leans on glass to advance electronics
Feb 17, 2016 (SPX)
Graphene, the two-dimensional powerhouse, packs extreme durability, electrical conductivity, and transparency into a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon. Despite bei...
Plankton network linked to ocean's biological carbon pump revealed
Feb 16, 2016 (SPX)
The ocean is the largest carbon sink on the planet. The community of planktonic organisms involved in the removal of carbon from the upper layers of the ocean h...
Carbon dioxide stored underground can find multiple ways to escape
Feb 15, 2016 (SPX)
When carbon dioxide is stored underground in a process known as geological sequestration, it can find multiple escape pathways due to chemical reactions between...
Plankton carries carbon to safe resting spot
Feb 12, 2016 (SPX)
The ocean's power to rein in carbon and protect the environment is vast but not well-understood. But now, an international team of scientists has begun to illum...
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